Nautica

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 97.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 246 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,240
since 1992

Nautica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nautica has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #874, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011
2024#13,4776
2023#11,1698
2022#10,3839
2021#6,69117
2020#6,32518
2019#5,44923#12,1455
2018#5,31524
2017#5,33824
2016#5,62223
2015#6,72118
2014#5,02527
2013#6,46219
2012#7,14417
2011#5,93522
2010#5,24726
2009#3,56145
2008#3,31650
2007#3,65344
2006#2,63168
2005#2,18084
2004#2,13584
2003#1,769106
2002#1,370141
2001#1,218166#8,3397
2000#1,182169#7,4168
1999#874246#4,34116
1998#948217#7,5607
1997#956206#8,1106
1996#1,275136#7,9716
1995#1,74683
1994#2,35355
1993#3,35133
1992#6,00815
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First appearance
1992

The first year at least five girls were named Nautica! It came in at #6,008, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nautica
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,617 spots since 2024 (#13,477#8,860)
  • 2,535 spots since 2020 (#6,325#8,860)
  • 2,139 spots since 2015 (#6,721#8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 1997 (#1,275#956)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 2000 (#874#1,182)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1992
  • Peaked 1999 at #874 (246 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1997–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,211
  • Highest: 1 in 7,211 girls born in 1999 were named Nautica (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 44.2% of all girls named Nautica (991) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s991#874 (1999)#2,189
2000s957#1,182 (2000)#2,302
2010s223#5,025 (2014)#5,826
2020s69#6,325 (2020)#9,484

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nautica in 1996

girls
#1,275
136 births · 1 in 12,890 girls
boys
#7,971
6 births · 1 in 315,717 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,275Nautica136

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #7,971Nautica6
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 12,890 of them was named Nautica, which outranked 92.0% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nautica
  1. #1,269Krysten137
  2. #1,269Rubi137
  3. #1,269Valencia137
  4. #1,275Nautica136
  5. #1,275Francis136
  6. #1,275Lyndsay136
  7. #1,275Marjorie136
  8. #1,279Cherokee135
  9. #1,279Dasha135
  10. #1,279Joan135

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 315,717 of them was named Nautica, which outranked 24.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nautica
  1. #7,136Zeshan7
  2. #7,136Zoe7
  3. #7,136Zyan7
  4. #7,971Nautica6
  5. #7,971Aalim6
  6. #7,971Aaronjames6
  7. #7,971Abdalla6
  8. #9,015Aadam5
  9. #9,015Aaris5
  10. #9,015Aasim5

Tied with 1,043 names at #7,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996